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Direct linkWilson, Mark R., Ed.; Bertenthal, Meryl W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), "Systems for State Science Assessment" explores the ideas and tools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level. This book provides a detailed examination of K-12 science assessment: looking specifically at what should be measured and how to measure it. Along…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Science Achievement, Systems Approach, Scientific Literacy
Peer reviewedWells, Amy Stuart; Oakes, Jeannie – Sociology of Education, 1996
Analyzes findings from a 3-year study of 10 racially mixed schools that decided to reduce ability grouping. Discovers that decentralized decision making and local control inhibit systemic reform because the micropolitics of autonomous schools will act as an obstructionist influence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Decentralization, Educational Administration
Download full textJacobs, Neil; Lorents, Alden C.; Bosse, Malcolm – 1997
This paper describes the efforts at an American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited college as the school responded to the new mission-driven management expectations and prepared for the formal review of its accreditation status by the AACSB. Under the direction of Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty, end-user…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Business Administration Education
